The San Francisco Experience

About The San Francisco Experience

We are a "deep dive" news podcast, for Americans who get their news from the Internet. Our mission is to give the listener succinct, fact based analysis both non-ideological and independent from a California, Silicon Valley perspective. Your host Jim Herlihy is a published author: his novel “Deceit and Dirty Money” is available on line. He served as President of the SF Public Library Commission 1992 - 1996. While working in Latin America, he was a stringer for The Economist, The Times and the BBC. Jim serves as a director on two SF sister city boards : Bangalore, India and Cork, Ireland.

Publisher

Jim Herlihy

Category

news

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

27 Mar 2020

Latest episode

26 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

775 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   26 Oct 2026

   Vitallog.AI - AI Native. Talking with Co-Founders Tai Baugh and Mark Thompson

   AI native embeds AI at the firmware level rather than just bolting it on to the existing firmware - an innovation that offers huge benefits to an enterprise that deploys it. Vitallog.AI is pioneering this strategy .

2. 

   21 Oct 2026

   San Francisco 1990s: The Big Chihuahua. Talking with author Daniel Ben Horin

   San Francisco in the 1990s was in the midst of the Dot Com Boom. The internet was in its infancy and the streets seemed to be paved with gold, attracting fortune seekers, creatives, fraudsters and adventurers. Daniel captures the colorful characters and complex cultural themes present as Baby Boomers entered their prime.

3. 

   20 Oct 2026

   Political Polarization: Media Construct. Talking with Wesley Warshawer.

   Polarization permits an exaggerated view of opponents to be amplified by cable TV pundits, shock radio and social media making us see fellow Americans as "other". We need to step outside of these comfortable bubbles we all inhabit and see people for who they are, not ideological cutouts.

Who has been a guest on The San Francisco Experience

Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.

• Shaun Chang
• Peter Leyden
• Professor James Fishkin
• Martin Biallas
• Marlene Daut

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

YouTube views

1,862

Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025

Apple Podcasts (US)

4.0 / 5

4 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 68 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

97

Social presence

0

YouTube

68

Engagement

31

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Guest appearances

Books guests

Based on episode analysis; this does not confirm that the show is currently accepting guests.

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